Recent content by GoooN

hmmm, drove round a roundabout today, then something on my car made a clinking noise and it sounded like the disc brakes had jammed or something, drove the last 200m home, then Later when i drove the car it was ok, any for some reason, the headlight washers started working....... I hope this...

hmmm, any idea why my headlight washers have just stopped working? They don't pop up when I twang the windscreen washer twice any more. Might be because I left the bottle on low for ages? I can't work out if it's asimple problem or something electronic

best word to describe you other vehicle is w*nk mobile. I dispise those 4x4s

hehe, well I've got used to the car a lot now, I've got a normally aspirated mazda 3 (dunno why my thread got moved). I pretty much do all the stuff you guys have been talking about anyway every now and then but I didn;t know it was actually called double clutching or rev matching, it's just...

fair play, you guys know your stuff. The whole double clutching thing is too complicated for me, I'm not really a "boy racer" as we call it in the UK like you guys. I think it's just a case of getting used to the car, using 3rd around corners that I used to take in 2nd in my old car for...

Ha :) my impression was that most yanks had automatic cars? I was trying to reason why Europeans (English people especially) haven't gone the same way, one person I know raised the point that in America you have lots stop signs which would be fairly irritating having to change gear all the time...

Hi, I bought a 3 sport last month and absolutely LOVE it, my only problem is with the 6 speed manual gear box, I have some real difficulty with putting it into 1st and sometimes into 2nd. I know most of the guys on this site are yanks and therefore probably have automatics but if anyone has...